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This is Celia Thaxter’s parlor! In here, she would do a lot of her writing and painting. Can you find her writing desk? It seems almost hidden amongst all of the lavish decor. And what about the walls? Almost every inch is covered with photographs, paintings, and anything else Celia wanted to display–even works created by her elite New England friends! Can you imagine trying to focus and do work in a room with so much going on around you? I would definitely get distracted. However, it wasn’t just Celia who enjoyed a what we might call “cluttered” work space. In fact, Continue reading →

Have you heard? Did you see the new button in our sidebar? No, not the one of the dreamboat that you can use to link to us from your blog, (but feel free to do so!), the Rutledge Marine Lab has a new blog! And they have been blogging about some cool historical stuff! Way to go, Drew Bush and Matt Terenna for spearheading this!

One of my all time favorite Isles of Shoals stories is the one about Celia Thaxter’s bear. Fred McGill tells it well. Click on the pages below to open them in a new window, then you can click on the image to enlarge it for easier reading.

Appledore had a swimming area with a men’s bathhouse on one side and a women’s bath house on the other. There was a big wooden gate that they would close at high tide, trap all the water so it would warm up and be nice for swimming and boating. Enjoy these views!

I thought someone was playing a prank on me. I had to see the dead fish to believe it, and see Arthur in the Marine Lab cleaning up the mess.

On the 110th anniversary of 14 waitresses drowning off Appledore Island, 14 fish in the main tank in the Rutledge Marine Lab drowned of not enough oxygen in the tank. The salt water pump had malfunctioned, so the water was not being supplied enough movement and oxygen. One of the fish survived (much like one of the waitresses was revived).

I was supposed to lead the historical tour of Appledore yesterday, and I was not sad that it had to be cancelled due to not enough folks signed up. I did not feel like hopping in a boat- but I’m okay today! 🙂